Staff Accountant

Aston Carter • Poway, CA • 3h ago

Leading innovator in strength training equipment for commercial and home gyms worldwide, is seeking a motivated Accounting Specialist to join their finance team. In this role, you'll play a key part in maintaining the accuracy and efficiency of our accounts receivable and accounts payable functions, helping ensure smooth financial operations across the organization. If you're detail-oriented, proactive, and excited to support a company known for quality, performance, and long-standing industry leadership, we'd love for you to apply!

Qualifications:

3+ years of experience in accounts receivable, payable, and GL accounting

Experience with processing invoices, light collections and follow up, payment postings

Experience with complex reconciliations

Ability to assist with month-end close

NetSuite or any other ERP software

Job Description

This Staff Accountant role provides hands-on transactional and operational accounting support during a period of internal coverage shifts. You will step into day-to-day accounting and administrative gaps, focusing on accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and sales tax activities while helping to reduce workload for the core accounting team. The position emphasizes problem-solving, adaptability, and responsiveness over heavy technical accounting, and requires someone who can operate with minimal training in a fast-paced, manufacturing-focused environment.

Responsibilities

Record and reconcile accounts payable and expense transactions accurately and on time.

Reconcile general ledger accounts and bank accounts, ensuring that bank data is properly matched and discrepancies are resolved promptly.

Maintain sales tax congruency between NetSuite and Avalara, and handle sales tax renewals as needed.

Support accounts payable and accounts receivable activities, including invoice processing, three-way matching, payment processes, and collections support.

Assist with resolving payment issues and transactional discrepancies across vendors, customers, and internal teams.

Prepare financial statements and support the month-end closing process as needed, including light journal entry support where appropriate.

Provide general ledger support on a light basis, focusing on transactional and operational tasks rather than complex technical accounting.

Manage and respond to a high volume of emails, prioritizing tasks and maintaining clear, professional communication.

Complete forms, credit applications, and other accounting-related documentation accurately and in a timely manner.

Follow up on outstanding items with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure completion and resolution.

Act as a catch-all support resource, taking on general tasks that fall through the cracks and helping to keep accounting operations running smoothly.

Support bank audits and coordinate with external tax accountants by providing requested information and documentation.

Act as a support hub for various accounting-related needs, taking on overflow work from the accounting team during periods of tight bandwidth.

Operate with minimal training, quickly learning systems and processes to provide immediate value.

Assist wherever bandwidth is needed in accounting operations, demonstrating flexibility and a willingness to help across different task @types.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Poway, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $33.00 - $35.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Poway,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 15, 2026.

About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com (%20astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com) for other accommodation options.

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